WOODSTOCK, NEW, Oxfordshire, a parliamentary and municipal borough, and the seat of a Poor-Law Union, in the pariah of Wood stock, is situated on rising ground on the left bank of the Olyme, a stream which is expanded Into a lake in Blenheim Park, in 51° 51' N. lat., 1' 21' W. long., distant 8 miles N.N.1V. from Oxford, and 62 miles W.N.W. from London by road. The population of the parlia mentary borough of Woodstock in 1551 was 79S3. The borough returns one member to the Imperial Parliament. The living is a curacy in the arehdeaconry and diocese of Oxford. Woodstock Poor Law Union contains 31 parishes and townships, with an area of 44,973 acres, and a population in 1851 of 14,360.
The hamlet of Old Woodstock, though not included in the municipal borough, may be considered as forming a part of the town of New Woodstock. The town-hall, erected about 1766, is a neat atone building, with a piazza in the lower part, which is used as a market place. The greater part of the church was rebuilt in 1785 on the site
of a cbantry founded by King John. A round.arched Norman door way remains in the south wall, and three massive ancient columns in the interior, with grotesque heads on the capitals, support pointed arches. There are chapels for Wesleyan Methodists and Baptista, a Free Grammar school, two endowed Free schools, and a savings bank. A county court is held in the town. The only manufacture of import ance is that of gloves, which is carried on partly in the town of Woodstock, but chiefly in the surrounding villages. Tuesday is the market-day ; seven fairs are held in the course of the year. Previous to the Reform Act., Woodstock returned two members to Parliament